tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69364834440354009732024-03-05T19:58:29.737-08:00Mina and Celeste ChroniclesThe adventures of one sassy old pit bull and her gullible sidekick, Celeste.
Both are rescued from situations of cruelty and neglect. Now they expect nothing but the best (Miss Mina more so than Celeste). I adore them more than words can convey. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-58011323811768212692010-01-01T21:12:00.000-08:002010-01-01T21:12:39.017-08:00Happy 2010!I plan on exhibiting bonus woe this year. Also, my plans at world domination will come to fruition, of that I am certain.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/4201596870/" title="Mina
is the woe by Rinalia, on Flickr"><img alt="Mina is the woe" border="0" height="404" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4201596870_a9159fdcb1_o.jpg" width="269" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-60057093884903993712009-10-22T18:28:00.000-07:002009-10-22T18:28:07.197-07:00Hiatus Fin!That is French for finished, people. Be overjoyed. I am:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, I thought I would share with you my recent walk, which ended five seconds ago and was not quite what I expected. You see, I expect to do many things on my walk, anything I want, actually. My minion does not understand the word <i>minion</i> and seems to think she is in charge. Vexing, I tell you. Even more so is the fact that the minion brings along <i>that one</i>, or the not-so-little-not-sister. She may be 2.5 years old, but she has yet to learn to walk properly. This is embarrassing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Behold! Things My Minion Did Not Let Me Do On The Walk....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1) Pee on every single blade of grass, shrubbery, low-hanging branch, fire hydrant, dirt clod or flower bed. How on earth am I to convey my Queeninosity when I can't even show my presence?<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2) Eat that dog the size of a pinto bean. Normally, I like little dogs. Do not tell them that. If news spreads that I LOVE OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO CUTE little dogs, my emo image might be tarnished. So, anyways, there was this little dog. Size of a pinto bean. Really small. But he was ready to take on the world, or at least Celeste and me, maybe. He lunged and he lunged and he crashed into the window, bouncing left and right, yelling really rude things, and generally acting a fool.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3) Eat Celeste.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4) Walk into traffic. Which I <i>suppose</i> is a good thing, seeing as there are idiot drivers who fail to comprehend that this world is mine. Still, there was a good smell in the middle of the asphalt, and I wanted to smell it and then pee on it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are probably many other things my minion didn't let me do. She did let me body slam Celeste off the sidewalk. Actually, she yelled at me for that, but whatever.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am sure you are overjoyed I (and the not-so-little-not-sister) am back. Are back. Whatever. Savor the moment. You do not know how long it will last.<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-34041739446041657942009-08-30T10:58:00.001-07:002009-08-30T11:00:01.133-07:00HIATUSESHey everyone, it's me TEAM CELESTES!!!!<br /><br />I am justs reporting that me and my most awesomest of big sisters, Mina, is on hiatuses! My bestest moms ever wants to focuses a little mores on her other <a href="http://for-the-pits.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<br /><br />We'll stills be making debuts and featureds in her other blog because she says we annoys her soooooooooooos muchs she needs to talks about us!! Mina is a little miffeds but says shes okay with a hiatuses dues to the facts it means more cookies for hers.<br /><br />Not sures how longs we wills be on hiatuses but gives us at least a months!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-51389330275674445232009-08-12T17:30:00.001-07:002009-08-12T17:30:45.460-07:00Wordless Wednesday: Smile!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3812121920/" title="Celeste smiles softly by Rinalia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3812121920_4bb00dd2a2.jpg" alt="Celeste smiles softly" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-21374692266179704422009-08-03T16:12:00.000-07:002009-08-03T16:28:11.786-07:00Awards and AwesomenessI am happy to report that Celeste's Lion-Nose Stigmata has disappeared. This was a very embarrassing condition that made walks uncomfortable. Recreational time was okay, due to the fact I could just grab her lion-nose stigmata and pretend it was Celeste's actual nose.<br /><br />Anyway, we got an award due to my beauty and awesomeness. My minion considers this rather self-indulgent and egomaniacal, but what does she know?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/your_blog_is_a_dream_award_from_dor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 119px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/your_blog_is_a_dream_award_from_dor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The award we received from <a href="http://daisydog.wordpress.com/">Daisy</a> who is a pit bull with a pinkish nose, which makes her pretty cool. Celeste does not like to speak of Daisy due to the fact she is <a href="http://dozersblog.wordpress.com/">Dozer's</a> boyfriend and this makes Celeste jealous.<br /><br />So I have to give seven beauty secrets and then pass it along to seven other bloggers:<br /><br />1) Roll in the grass for an absolutely delightful scent that will make all the dogs go wild, including the annoying french poodle next door.<br />2) Get a lot of sleep, preferably 18-22 hours daily.<br />3) Stay in shape by chasing around you not so little not sister.<br />4) Streeeeetch. A lot. Stretch in the morning, afternoon and evening, before and after naps, after meals and right before you head bonk your minion (this will keep you limber and provide entertainment).<br />5) Paint your nose pink.<br />6) Eat flaxseed oil, like ten capsules a day or a whole bottle so you will be glossy and shiny.<br />7) Floss. Maybe with your not so littler not sister's leg. Or not.<br /><br />Seven bloggers:<br />1) <a href="http://thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com/">Addy</a><br />2) <a href="http://littlebrowndogblog.blogspot.com/">Dannan </a>(handsome secrets, not beauty secrets of course)<br />3) <a href="http://princessthepit.blogspot.com/">Princess</a><br />4) <a href="http://ambers-diary.blogspot.com/">Amber</a><br />5) <a href="http://www.underdogged.net/">Luce</a><br />6) <a href="http://bellatheboxer.typepad.com/a_dogs_life_bella_the_box/">Bella</a><br />7) <a href="http://dogisgodinreverse.blogspot.com/">Baily</a><br /><br />So if winning an award wasn't great enough, <a href="http://dozersblog.wordpress.com/">Dozer </a>also passed on a meme promoting awsomeness. Now, I am surprised Dozer actually shared this as he's been known to not share things. So, in his honor, I'm not sharing this meme with ANYONE. Ha!<br /><br />Seven reasons why I, Mina, is Awesome:<br />1) Pink nose of doom.<br />2) Perfectly shaped ears.<br />3) Ability to sleep through an earthquake.<br />4) My emo and angsty nature<br />5) PINK NOSE OF DOOM (differs from #1 in many ways that I cannot articulate)<br />6) I do not stoop to the depths of slor where my not-so-little-not-sister lives<br />7) I have a fan club.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-37866658663080896322009-07-24T17:27:00.000-07:002009-07-24T17:30:18.757-07:00I has the stigmatasHey everyones, it's me Team CELESTES!!!!1!! And boy do I has some very important news - I has the stigmatas! Mina says this means I'm the second comings of the satins, but I thinks I'm really the second comings of Rin Tin Tins. Or Lassies!<br /><br />Here is my evidences:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/IMG_66941.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 474px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/IMG_66941.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-91991199487628550902009-07-13T15:22:00.001-07:002009-07-13T15:25:20.530-07:00Please feel free to send money to my Campaign of Woe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3647482992/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 260px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3647482992_6ccca798a8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I am starting a Campaign of Woe. Every time I turn around, there is the minion with her clicky-shooty device.<br /><br />Instead of cookies, click!<br /><br />Instead of adoration and praise, snap!<br /><br />What is wrong with her? Many things, let me tell you. But mostly this whole camera fetish.<br /><br />Anyway, I am starting a Campaign of Woe so that you, dear canid reader, may bear witness to the abuse and mistreatment and humiliation I must endure at the hands of my minion and her camera.<br /><br />Thank you for your time. I accept cookies, peanut butter and carrots as donations.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-35375985598469178752009-07-10T19:50:00.000-07:002009-07-10T19:52:04.339-07:00Is that a horse following me?The minion of Mina and bestest mom ever of Celeste has this to report. I'm sure Mina and Celeste have their own commentary. But I have excluded it. Ha, opposable thumbs for the win!<br /><br />-----<br /><br />There is a time and place for everything and yesterday it was the time and the place for Celeste to meet horses for the first time. Mainly, it was the time and the place because, well, there were the horses and there was Celeste, sticking her nose through the fence to see the horses. Mina followed suit because Mina wanted to make sure Celeste knew that Mina knew whatever it was Celeste knew. That is how Mina rolls.<br /><br />Of course, I must point out that Celeste did not actually go up to the fence because there were four large horse heads attached to four large horse bodies. She went over there because it smelled interesting. And when the horses snorted, her strange little ears perked up, she sniffed the air, and then BAM! realized there were four large horse heads attached to four large horse bodies three feet away.<br /><br /><img style="width: 488px; height: 325px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/dogsandhorses.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br />After I took this picture, I told Celeste she was a ninny for being unafraid of horses but petrified a new dog might sniff her butt. She could not answer due to the fact she was sniffing noses with a horse and that was hard work, requiring the same amount of concentration one might give to, I don't know, understanding string theory.<br /><br />Mina has met horses and cattle and goats and pigs and sheep - she feels they should be sniffed once and then ignored utterly and completely. So while Celeste acknowledged the horses desire for her NOT to be in the pasture with them, Mina thought they were all silly little equines. She walked behind their hooves, under them, in front of them, feigning utter disinterest in the presence of these 1,000 lb animals. I told the horses they were all very big and beautiful and please to not be minding the very small and demure pit bull lurking behind their left hooves. They were all very impressed with my speech, demanded more scratches and were considerate enough not to send Mina flying with those left hooves. I told Mina this was all a very bad idea, that she should perhaps choose another location to look adorable.<br /><br />So she did. She wandered jauntily further afield. Truly, she jaunted. And if that is not an actual variation of jaunty, it should be added to the dictionary. One horse took it upon herself to act like she had in fact chased the mighty pit bull away and followed Mina at a measured, but leisurely stroll. The horse conveyed to me she was not <span style="font-style: italic;">strolling</span> but was walking with purpose. I wasn't convinced. Neither was Mina who ignored the approaching mare in that special way she has.<br /><br /><img style="width: 500px; height: 376px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/minahorse-1.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br />No, I did not race across the field to save Mina. I feel a little bad about this but temper my feelings with the fact that my coworker did race across the field to, in his words, "defend Mina from that horse". That horse was easily distracted by butt scratches, which is how I often distract Mina and Celeste from doing inappropriate things like eating wood, grass, chasing squirrels (does not work), eating cats (also does not work), licking themselves, chewing on the table, chewing on what they thought was a toy but was actually my remote control, etc. ad naseum.<br /><br />In any event, Mina and Celeste bonded with the horses. The horses bonded with me. I nearly bonded too much with a wooden post after one horse got angry over something and shoved the horse I was petting into me and thus into the wooden post. I shook my fist, which they ignored. I threatened them with my pit bull, who had by now returned to stand behind the left rear hoof of the horse who had me pinned to the post. And when this did not work, I scratched her butt. She had to lean a little to the right to appreciate the scratching, which gave me enough room to escape the wooden post.<br /><br />And then Mina snorted and snorted and snorted and snorted. And I thought she was going to snort out her lung but realized she was trying to snort out a fox-tail. We abandoned the horses in favor of vets and ended our day with a $233 vet bill for the removal of a bloody, two-inch useless piece of grass.<br /><br />And to answer the question, yes there is a horse following you. Scratch her butt and you will be okay. Watch out for wooden posts.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-69455100473606189622009-07-08T17:36:00.000-07:002009-07-08T17:37:33.944-07:00Wordless Wednesday: Mina<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3638261405/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/3638261405_ce1deef599.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-40367705254129557152009-07-04T09:10:00.000-07:002009-07-04T09:19:27.741-07:00My opinion on 4th of July<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3639072116/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3639072116_98fb08a876_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><--- This is my general assessment of 4th of July. <br /><br />Does it celebrate my awesomeness? No. <br /><br />Does it rejoice in the pinkness of my nose? No. <br /><br />Does it provide me with delicious food? No. <br /><br />Does it allow me to sleep for thirty-five hours straight? No. <br /><br />Does it magically disappear Celeste, my not-so-little-little-sister? NO. <br /><br /><br /><br />So what does 4th of July do for me? It does a horrible thing by starting an apparent war in my front yard. I am embarrassed to admit this, but while I am unafraid of many things (like other dogs and fences), I cannot claim to be a fan of <span style="font-style: italic;">fireworks</span>. First, fire? Wrong. Fire is only good in a fireplace where I may roast myself in safety (in front of the fireplace, of course). And fire working? That is absolutely unacceptable. Wrong! Against all that is canid and good!<br /><br />In any event, I don't like fireworks and thus I do not like the 4th of July (which also brings out a lot of waving flags, which I also do not like, mainly because they are not Mina flags).<br /><br />I will be spending this 4th of July at my grandparents where working fire is absolutely 1000% prohibited, by order of ME.<br /><br />To the rest of you canids who must endure working fire, I suggest the bathroom. It's cool. It's dark. It's a very safe place. If a tornado hits during the fireworks, the bathtub can double as an anti-tornado device.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-71522553983222253002009-06-26T18:07:00.000-07:002009-06-26T18:09:25.354-07:00The Secret Life of Pit Bulls and Pumpkins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/minapumpkinlove1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 326px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/minapumpkinlove1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/minapumpkinlove.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 326px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/minapumpkinlove.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">*<a href="http://ransie3.deviantart.com/art/Polaroid-Texture-72527202">Polaroid texture</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-41828668153645927822009-06-24T17:41:00.001-07:002009-06-24T17:41:52.198-07:00Wordless Wednesday: Team Celeste!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3638261133/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3638261133_8ed3d0259b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-54613023628457327642009-06-18T15:23:00.000-07:002009-06-18T15:51:44.614-07:00How I killed a lionHey everyone, it's me Mina. I've been working on tranforming my demure, emo persona to a TOUGH PIT BULL (tm) one. I thought I would start by learning to kill a lion, because I feel killing a lion is very tough and something a TOUGH PIT BULL (tm) would do. Also, I was told pit bulls used to hang by the noses of 2,000 lb bulls and I figure, on a scale of HARD to SUPREMELY IMPOSSIBLE, hanging on the nose of a 2,000 lb bull was SUPER HARD while killing a lion was SUPER AWESOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE HARD. And because I am a quick learner, I decided to skip the bull and go straight for the big cat.<br /><br />Plus, I like cows. I dressed up as one one Halloween. It was the only time I willingly dressed up too. I also got to hang out with Sadie, my minion's most favorite cow, also my most favorite cow (but please do not tell her that, that's not TOUGH PIT BULL (tm)).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3495460410/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3495460410_2d710691cf_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I thought I should begin with a starter lion. It needed to be able to fit into my minion's apartment. I asked the minion to hunt me down one and bring it back unharmed so I could practice my super awesome TOUGH PIT BULL (tm) hunting skills.<br /><br />Okay, so first I moved my head super fast to confuse the lion. Then, I pounced! and hugged the lion. You can see how shocked my starter lion is - who wouldn't be? I mean, that is a very tough TOUGH PIT BULL (tm) jumping him. But I wasn't sure if I would win the war.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3639071378/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3639071378_1d830177cb_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">I alread killed the camel and flipped him on his dead camel back - go me!</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This is how I killed the lion. Flash, blurry paw and BAM! ate his head! Because I'm a TOUGH PIT BULL (tm), I even had time to look into the camera.<br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3638260663/in/photostream"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3638260663_1c9e640a3f_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I feel very ready to take you on, lion!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/2619584650/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aNx4xpt7kESKVQZOQ0vX8xPgEwhgJ7cylfNuLCMKIF6s0buNp04_SSUt7Tll2ZMCg1O_YPbXPNsFfm-Vzyulzezsocjux_cdqSLuRw66hHSHjLjkIKEW-17wreJPPSCbgjNL-0KFj2g/s400/2619584650_f6c65e8c5e_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348803073753907442" border="0" /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Photo by Corey Leopold</span></a><br /></div><br />Um, yes, well that is a very impressive lion. I mean, I am pretty certain his paw is the size of my head. Hmm, maybe we shall call it a draw. I think a TOUGH PIT BULL (tm) can show some self-restraint and be fair to her opponents every now and then. Like now, for example. I can be very generous and just say, hey lion! my little not-sister Celeste is much meatier than me!<br /><br />Just saying.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-88785470865474078042009-06-10T15:51:00.000-07:002009-06-10T16:06:24.600-07:00We're back!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/Mina%20May/may6d_e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 307px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/Mina%20May/may6d_e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mina here and wow has the minion dropped the ball. Not literally. I don't chase balls so she can drop them all day if she likes, they'll just sit there and look silly.<br /><br />Anyways, the minion has been emo and mopey which may suit me perfectly well but on humans, it's just embarrassing. For them. And me, really.<br /><br />But we're back and, well, not much happened worth reporting except that Celeste ate a dead moth, killed a cockroach and tried eating fifteen bees. Which is typical Celeste, really.<br /><br />While we were gone, we received an award. Me, really. I mean, is there not a good reason why my name is pronounced Meeeena? There is. It's all about me, which is why it should have been spelled Menaisthebestdogintheworld. But it isn't.<br /><br /><br />On to the award!<br /><br />First, we got a Creative Blogger award, though whoever created the word exhibited shockingly poor spelling skills and called it Kreativ. I don't care if that's supposed to be a play on creativity.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/kreativeblogger2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/kreativeblogger2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Anywho, we got this award from <a href="http://princessthepit.blogspot.com/">Princess</a>, who is also a pit bull like me and from the <a href="http://cre8vekaos.wordpress.com/">Quizz</a>, who has appropriately awesome ears. There are rules, which I abhor, but which I will follow for the sake of etiquette.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The rules for this award are:</span> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">1. Post it to the blog and link to who gave it to you.<br />2. List seven things you love.<br />3. List seven blogs you love.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4. Comment on those blogs and let them know you’ve given them the award.</span></p><p>Seven things I love:</p><p>1) Sleeping on my stomach<br />2) Sleeping on my back<br />3) Sunbathing curled up in a doughnut<br />4) Sunbathing stretched out like a rubber band gets all stretched out when it's stretched<br />5) The minion<br />6) The minion's parents<br />7) Nose bopping stuff for food.</p><p>Seven blogs I love and who also may have received this award during my minion's pathetic departure<br />1) <a href="http://bellatheboxer.typepad.com/a_dogs_life_bella_the_box/">Bella</a>, who is a Boxer dog<br />2) <a href="http://ambers-diary.blogspot.com/">Amber </a>and her puppies<br />3) <a href="http://www.caninemafiosos.com/">The Dogfathers</a> (and Carmela)<br />4) <a href="http://achicken.wordpress.com/">Peepers</a>, the rooster<br />5) <a href="http://www.underdogged.net/">Luce, Mushroom and Steve</a><br />6) <a href="http://littlebrowndogblog.blogspot.com/">Dannan</a>, the little brown dog<br />7) Me. Because I can.</p><p>There will be more to come when the minion gets her act together even more. My little not-sister might even make an appearance with her bizarre and unfortunate misuse of the letter "s". Stay tuned!<br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-75397038104261128772009-05-22T10:22:00.000-07:002009-05-22T10:31:52.354-07:00How I earneds my Worst Dogs Labels!!!Hey everyone, it's me Team CELESTES!!!1!!<br /><br />My bestest moms has given me a brands news titles!!! She's called me the Worst Dogs in the Worlds!! I thinks this should be an awards.<br /><br />I earneds this title on last weeks walks. My bestest mom and mes were all Lets go for a walks and Mina was all, uh no I don't thinks so. So it was just me and the moms.<br /><br />Anyways, it starteds off goods, but then I was all Heys! lets go over theres!!! And my mom is all Hey, let's not. But I went off over theres anyways. Then my moms stood very stills and I couldn't figure out whys and I couldn't get over theres because of the darneds leash! SO I pulleds and pulleds and I whineds and I pulleds some more trying to conveys my messages. She ignoreds me!!<br /><br />So then I decideds on a new tactics called Circling the Wagons and Tripping Thems! But change wagons to moms and you gets the ideas. So I circleds the wagons and tripped her and then she fells down which I thought meants we should plays. She did not thinks so and she actually yelleds at me!!<br /><br />Well fine I says, two can plays the yelling games so I yelleds at a trees, a squirrels, a loose dogs, a leashed dogs, and two very funny looking birds. I was thinkings of yelling at a phone poles when my moms says ENOUGHS!! minus the S and then she just turns arounds! I didn't want to turns arounds so I trieds to go back to yellings at the birds, but she just tugged me alongs like I was a dog on a leashes!!! Rudes is what I tells her!<br /><br />So then I figures I should shows her how awesomes I am and we shoulds go back to finish the walks. I do this by leapings from her left sides to her right sides and barreling into an old lady! I thought this would shows that I is very friendly and I kept my loose leashes and now can we finishes the walks!?!?!<br /><br />My moms was appalleds, APPALLEDS is how I she puts it. Minus the S.<br /><br />Anyways, we gots home and she would not talks to me all days long and when she finally dids, she called me the Worst Dogs in the Worlds! Mina laugheds and saids she knews that the very first time she laids eyes on me and I trieds to eat her noses. Mina didn't actually laugh because we don'ts laugh, but she did snorts in a very unladylikes way.<br /><br />So thats how I earneds my new titles. I'll shares it with you ANY TIMES!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-83325291077259002492009-05-11T18:10:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:20:27.704-07:00How Is plays! And how Mina doesnt's!Hey everyone, it's me TEAM CELESTES!!!<br /><br />Yesterdays, my most awesome of moms took pictures. She claimeds me and my sisters was not workings with hers, but I claims she's silly!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3521630485_7552ee5ac6_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 160px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3521630485_7552ee5ac6_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>First offs, she tooks a pictures of me rights when I was abouts to eats a toys! This is forbiddens! My biggest, bestest sisters is standings in the background doing somethings, I don't knows whats because I was lookings at the toys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3522440494_7382dfac8e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 445px; height: 256px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3522440494_7382dfac8e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Then she tooks this pictures which she says makes me looks like a kangaroos or a strange creatures. I says SHE'S a stranges creatures!! Mina is busy smellings grasses because Mina is always making sures we don'ts has any invasions of mutant squirrels. I has never ever mets a mutant squirrels but Mina tells me alls the time about how in her younger days she hads to battle with Flavius, the king of the mutant squirrels. I don'ts knows how long squirrels lives but just in cases, you shoulds be on high alerts for Flavius. In this pictures, I am on high alerts for dinosaurs. That's how I hones my skillz. And just sos you knows, I killeds that dinosaurs goods, which so fars, is the only <a href="http://minacelestechronicles.blogspot.com/2009/03/massive-hunting-expedition-part-trois.html">successful</a> <a href="http://minacelestechronicles.blogspot.com/2008/12/massive-hunting-expedition.html">huntings</a> <a href="http://minacelestechronicles.blogspot.com/2009/01/massive-hunting-expedition-part-deux.html">expeditions</a>. My moms says that's goods, but in cases of apocalpyses, I shoulds really brushes up on my huntings skillz.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3522440434_18abd5ebbd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 447px; height: 311px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3522440434_18abd5ebbd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Finally, here's a pictures of my bestests sisters evers! She's holdings stills, so I thinks this qualifies as Mina workings with my moms. Don't be fooleds by Mina's very tragics looks. She's masters of suckerings my moms into giving her loves and cookies with these looks. I is working VERY hards at these looks but my moms says this looks belows is SO not worthy of cookies. I says NOT FAIRS!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3395321255_65a1bcb4f5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3395321255_65a1bcb4f5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-55877105904469382092009-05-10T13:30:00.001-07:002009-05-10T13:41:37.662-07:00Awarded!Mina here and first off let me just say one thing: Never get sedated. Do not listen to that Ramones song, you do not want to get sedated. Trust me. My minion told me that the cyst was a fibrous sarcoma which means I had cancer. And I survived, because that is how I roll. This is a limiting cancer because the rest of my body would kick its ass if it spread its cancerous wings. That's right.<br /><br />Anyways, we got an award from <a href="http://thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com/">The Brown Dog Blog</a> because I am full of awesomeness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/mangos-award.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 176px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/mangos-award.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's the info:<br />*As a dedication for those who love blogging activity and love to encourage friendships through blogging.<br />*To seek the reason why we all love blogging.<br />*Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.<br />*Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.<br />*Answer the Award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.<br />*Tag and distribute the Award to as many people as you like.<br />*Don’t forget to notify the Award receivers and put their links in your post<br /><br />I blog because it was yet one more way for me to further the pink nose of doom and its causes. Those causes are my own, of course, but my PNOD likes to receive much of the credit. I cannot say I love to blog, per se, because I love to sleep more. However, I probably love blogging more than the teeth of my annoying not-sister, Celeste. I definitely love blogging more than I do the french poodle next door who is always bungling the doggie language with his french accent. He's actually a maltipoo, not a poodle, but he's still french. Point being, I like blogging alright.<br /><br />I'm going to give this blog award to:<br /><br /><a href="http://ambers-diary.blogspot.com/">Amber and her seven puppies</a> who just suffered their first indignity - a bath!<br /><a href="http://bullybreedbuddies.blogspot.com/">Princess Fiona</a> for enduring pyoderma with class and style.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-34722975915138409202009-05-06T14:00:00.001-07:002009-05-06T14:06:13.261-07:00I is traineds part deux!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/2659467225/in/set-72157606112768004"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 160px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2659467225_7f064c8a22_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hey everyone, it's me, Team Celestes!!!!1!!. This pictures is a portrait of my youngers self trainings my bigger sisters to shares. She is stills in trainings for this very importants issues!<br /><br />Yesterdays was my very first days of trainings! <a href="http://minacelestechronicles.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-is-traineds.html">Remembers, I is already traineds</a> but my most awesome of mom's thinks this will helps my self-esteems around dogs.<br /><br />The classes was full of lots of peoples, which I loves, and lots of dogs, which I felts was a bit weirds since I was tolds it was all about MY TRAININGS. I got lots of treats and that is also a goods things!<br /><br />There was a mop-dogs named Bella who I thought might be friends with mes but we are nots alloweds to approachs the other dogs. This is goods because I do not likes most dogs approachings me at alls. There was also a miniature Australian Shepherds who kept yellings at me, but who I wouldn't gives the times of days. There was a Mina-dogs, a Boxer-dogs, a ginormously larges mastiff-dogs, a babys doberman pinschers dogs and a dogs who looked sorta likes me but without the cool eyes and awesome temperaments.<br /><br />We sat (I knows sit, silly trainers!) and we downeds (I know downs, stilly trainers!) and we did some FOCUSES on our peoples (I know FOCUSES, silly trainers!)<br /><br />All in all, I hads a lots of fun at the trainings. This shall continues next weeks when I goes to trainings agains. I is working hards on being the tops of my classes so I can impresses Mina with my mad skillz!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-81148070171574425452009-05-04T14:32:00.000-07:002009-05-04T14:39:28.142-07:00Mina is full of woeThank you so much for all the kind well-wishes, I really appreciate them.<br /><br />Mina's surgery was successful, though now there is a two-inch incision site on her chest and, holy crap did you know how long canine teeth are? Like an inch long underneath the gumline. They showed me her tooth and I was like wow! I politely declined keeping it.<br /><br />They couldn't find anything on her radiograph either at the shoulder or elbow. The vet is thinking it might be neurological or spinal, so we might try acupuncture.<br /><br />She is so wonky and groggy right now, it breaks my heart. And when she woke up, she immediately freaked out and started chewing on the bars, cutting her tongue. It bled so much the vet staff thought she had done major damage so she was anesthetized again. I hate that that happened.<br /><br />It ended up being a $100 cheaper than the estimate, so yay for that. I'll find out about the cyst biopsy in a day or so, keep your fingers crossed.<br /><br />My mom was kind enough to hang out with me for the day, keeping me sane. I love her.<br /><br />Anyway, the little pink nose of doom is finally settling into Celeste's bed and might even deign to take a nap. I don't know how people with multiple unhealthy animals deal with this, it just sucks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-44739597086535097352009-05-01T09:08:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:10:34.033-07:00Mina surgeryHey, Mina's minion here. She's letting me borrow the blog for a moment.<br /><br />On Monday, Miss Mina will be getting some surgery - a tooth removal, a cyst removal and some radiographs for her intermittently lame right shoulder.<br /><br />If you can spare some good thoughts for the little bugger, that would be great. I'm way more worried than she is, of course. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-66042067058381750252009-04-27T16:47:00.001-07:002009-04-27T17:00:40.426-07:00Hows we fight swine flu!Hey everyones, it's me Team Celestes!!!! and I'm heres to tell you hows we fights the swine flus. Now, firsts offs, let me say that I do nots think the swine flu is funny, per se, because I hears that some hoomans have actuallys dieds from this! Which is sads, because hoomans have always been nices to me and my mom is a hoomans so I woulds like them not to dies from the flus. Soooo, in orders to protects my moms and all yous other hoomans, I has created a coupld of methods I thinks will protects from the flus. My moms says she does not endorses these methods, but *I* endorses these methods and that shoulds be enough!<br /><br />Here's our methods<br /><br />Methods Une: Looks everywheres!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3480954589/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 166px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3480954589_b4158d2ccb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mina looks to the lefts (her rights) to makes sures there's no swine flus over there and I looks to the rights (my rights) and make sures there's no swine flus over there toos.<br /><br />As you can sees, neithers of us has swine flus, so this is a very effective methods for evading the swine flus!<br /><br /><br /><br />Method Deux: Looks in same directions!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3480933401/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 249px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3480933401_c82abb9727_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Nows, if the swine flus is tryings to attack from lefts and then rights, it's very, very, very, VERY likelys it will trys to attacks from the fronts. It is also common knowledges that swine flus do not attack from behinds, because swine flus is actually not deviouss but quites polite in attackings from left, right or fronts.<br /><br />Anyways, this is how we detects the swine flus from the fronts. You must also holds your breaths, which I cants do, but I also cants gets the swine flus.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Methods Trois: Go nekkids!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinalia/3480946955/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 178px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3480946955_a3d59b0bc8_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's Mina's most favoritest methods of avoidings the swine flus - go nekkids!<br /><br />My moms says this is not possibles for hoomans in most circumstances so I suggests an alternatives by wearings a collar with yours name on its, likes I do...collars are likes clothes, rights? Rights!<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyways, we hopes these three methods helps you helps yourself to avoids the swine flues. We also hopes this whole flus thing does nots get too craaaazy and hurts lots of hoomans, because I likes hoomans. I also likes swines, because I mets one once at my mom's works and he was very polites and didn't give me or my moms any diseases, so I don't thinks he's the causes of the swine flus.<br /><br />Signing offs,<br />CELESTE!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-81460180661047810402009-04-27T16:09:00.001-07:002009-04-27T16:22:52.865-07:00I has the awards!Hey everyone, it's me, Team Celeste!!!! and I am announcing awards that I and the sisters has receiveds!!!! Go me. And sisters!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/proxaward.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 152px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/proxaward.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>First, <a href="http://daisydog.wordpress.com/">Daisy</a> and <a href="http://cre8vekaos.wordpress.com/">Quizz </a>gave us this award!! Thank yous!<br /><br /><p style="padding-left: 30px;"></p><blockquote><p style="padding-left: 30px;"> <span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The award states that “This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time, and relationships!”</span></span></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> <span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In other words, “These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></p>Wows, I don't knows what exceedingly means, but I is definitely not self-grandizes! Now, I'm not sures how many of yous already gots this award and if we gives it to you TWICES or THRICES, I thinks that is okays.<br /><br />1) <a href="http://ambers-diary.blogspot.com/">Amber Mae</a> who just had puppies but isn't at all grandizings!<br />2) <a href="http://princessthepit.blogspot.com/">Princess </a>because she has a cutes noses, just like my sisters!<br />3) <a href="http://happypitbull.blogspot.com/">Dozer's</a> mom for being such a pit bulls advocate, even if maybes she didn't really starts out as one!<br />4-7) <a href="http://thebrowndogblog.blogspot.com/">The Brown Dogs </a>(and one black dog) - Maisy, Probert, Wrigley and newest addition Addison who like broccoli and being cutes...my kinds of dogss!<br />8) <a href="http://boris-orso.blogspot.com/">Boris </a>who is a very handsomes dogs and who needs to updates his blogs more!<br /><br />And then wes gots this awards too!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/fan1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 299px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/fan1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It's a fans!!! Now, I has no opinions on fans, but my most awesomest of sisters LOVES fans. Sometimes, my bestest of moms takes the fans and puts it downs on the grounds right in fronts of Mina's noses!! She loves its, which I think says somethings about her coolnessess!<br /><br />Nows, I pretty muchs loves all your blogs, becauses that is how I rolls as a dog.<br /><br />So I cants really specify whos blogs should gets this awards, but if you hasn't gotten its already, please takes this as me awardings it to yous! Yes, yous!<br /><br />Okay, my moms going through some pictures ands she may posts somes of them soons. I'm sures your alls holding your breathes in anticipations!<br /><br />Signings offs,<br />CELESTES!!!!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-69106733283105973062009-04-22T19:09:00.000-07:002009-04-22T19:15:17.942-07:00Minimal Word Wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3467404022_3b4574bb35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3467404022_3b4574bb35.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mina here and I have conquered the earth. You can see this fact in the photo. Except you can't, because my minion sucks.<br /><br />However, this photo does play upon my mysterious, moody self with its dark shadow. That, I approve.<br /><br />My minion wanted to get a shot for earth day, which she blathers on about as a meaningless gesture in a world about to end. I have to remind her that *I* am the Queen of Emo and Woe, thank you very much.<br /><br />So, Happy Emo Day - I hope it was as woeful for you as it always is for me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-83927152238828867882009-04-20T15:02:00.000-07:002009-04-20T15:14:30.402-07:00I'm hot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2726226581_b5c03bb59c_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 160px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2726226581_b5c03bb59c_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>And I don't just mean good-looking, which I am. I mean, it's 94 right now when it's supposed to be 74. This is a picture from 2008 showing how I feel about hot days.<br /><br />I like them. A lot. They make me smile and I can stretch luxuriously in the grass, bathed in glorious sunlight. Today I decided I would take a nap in the sun. Now, according to the minion, we live in an apartment complex and the front yard is *technically* not mine to just gad about in. Whatever gad about means, it does not sound like something I would do (Celeste, maybe). So she was perturbed that I dropped with a mighty sigh in the middle of the grass. I told her my beauty was far more important than her comfort. This left her unamused (does not take much, btw).<br /><br />Anyways, I demanded the minion get a book and read a bit while I enjoyed my time in the spotlight of sun-star shiny goodness. I pointedly reminded her that *I COULD NOT READ* (I talk fine) even though I would like to, so she should be a bit more appreciative that I even let her read while I sunbathed. Again, not amused. Whatever. The minion lasted five minutes before being defeated by the sun-star. I, of course, could have lasted hours, but I decided to let the minion feel okay by sitting next to her in the shade.<br /><br />Then we went inside where Celeste claimed the sun was The Global Warmings (her words) and she would defeat it properly one of these days. I think this is a great idea and we should send Celeste up in a rocket ship to the sun where she can battle it one-on-one in a duel. Minion, as usual, did not find my suggestion appealing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936483444035400973.post-65418452485448946492009-04-14T20:21:00.001-07:002009-04-14T20:28:27.791-07:00I am a bibliophile<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/2008/Dogs/August/BOOKESESINVESTIGATED.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 337px;" src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/Violetcows/2008/Dogs/August/BOOKESESINVESTIGATED.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>You may not have known this, but I am, in fact, a lover of books. And no, not just books I can eat (according to the minion, that is none).<br /><br />Here is some evidence of me and my love of books. This is a whole stack of books, and I am ITCHING to dig in and read my little pit bull heart away.<br /><br />But what is this? I do not have opposable thumbs? These pages do not turn themselves? Wait, I cannot read? What is this tomfoolery?<br /><br />Anyway, I guess it is okay that I can't actually read. It seems to take up a lot of my minion's time, which should be focused on me, myself and I, oh yeah, and my PNOD. Instead, she checks out book after book after book from the library. That stack you see? Yes, she hasn't read any of those books due to the library's interference. Which is still moot, these books of many words are stealing my minion from me and I feel it must stop. I might have to enlist the help of my not-so-little not-sister. She once ate part of a book and was demoted to my minion's #150th favorite dog. I am willing to sacrifice Celeste's promotion points for the good cause of Stealing Back my Minion from the Clutches of Libraries Everywhere.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977410602426080310noreply@blogger.com4